This book provides a unique and thought-provoking perspective on how
nanotechnology is poised to revolutionize the telecommunications, computing, and
networking industries. The author discusses emerging technologies as well as
technologies under development that will lay the foundation for such innovations
as:
* Nanomaterials with novel optical, electrical, and magnetic properties
* Faster and smaller non-silicon-based chipsets, memory, and processors
* New-science computers based on Quantum Computing
* Advanced microscopy and manufacturing systems
* Faster and smaller telecom switches, including optical switches
* Higher-speed transmission phenomena based on plasmonics and other
quantum-level phenomena
* Nanoscale MEMS: micro-electro-mechanical systems

The author of this cutting-edge publication has played a role in the development
of actual nanotechnology-based communication systems. In this book, he examines
a broad range of the science of nanotechnology and how this field will affect
every facet of the telecommunications and computing industries, in both the near
and far term, including:
* Basic concepts of nanotechnology and its applications
* Essential physics and chemistry underlying nanotechnology science
* Nanotubes, nanomaterials, and nanomaterial processing
* Promising applications in nanophotonics, including nanocrystals and
nanocrystal fibers
* Nanoelectronics, including metal nanoclusters, semiconducting nanoclusters,
nanocrystals, nanowires, and quantum dots

This book is written for telecommunicationsprofessionals, researchers, and
students who need to discover and exploit emerging revenue-generating
opportunities to develop the next generation of nanoscale telecommunications and
network systems. Non-scientists will find the treatment completely accessible. A
detailed glossary clarifies unfamiliar terms and concepts. Appendices are
provided for readers who want to delve further into the hard-core science,
including nanoinstrumentation and quantum computing.

Nanotechnology is the next industrial revolution, and the telecommunications
industry will be radically transformed by it in a few years. This is the
publication that readers need to understand how that transformation will happen,
the science behind it, and how they can be a part of it.